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https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/

Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time.

iRaq and iRan are silly but the "Kyiv" stuff is different.

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

No seriously it seems insane to officially change the English name and make a big stink about it but use a letter that isn’t in the English alphabet? Just skip the umlaut wtf are you doing

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Not to mention it's nationalist BS driven by Erdogan as a popularity stunt

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